LAWYER LINCOLN IN TRANSIT TO FREEDOM
An historical nonfiction novel
Great read for:
* Lovers of history & legal dramas
* Classrooms & book clubs
* Reflection on Civil War causes in its
sesquicentennial year
* Cultural holidays: Christmas, Hanukah,
Kwanza, MLK Day, President’s Day, Black
History Month, 4th of July, Juneteenth
* Birthdays, get-well, snowed-in or beach
reads.
* Lovers of history & legal dramas
* Classrooms & book clubs
* Reflection on Civil War causes in its
sesquicentennial year
* Cultural holidays: Christmas, Hanukah,
Kwanza, MLK Day, President’s Day, Black
History Month, 4th of July, Juneteenth
* Birthdays, get-well, snowed-in or beach
reads.
Available from Amazon in:
* Laminated paperback, $13.99
* E-book format , $7.99
Buy at link above
* Laminated paperback, $13.99
* E-book format , $7.99
Buy at link above
An Intriguing New Book!
Before Lincoln was President he defended slave owners in court. Twice! Here are the fictionalized, true stories of those Illinois trials in 1839 and 1847.
Lincoln is smart, folksy, funny and conflicted as he is evolving into the Great Emancipator. He struggles with himself and immoral laws while exhibiting mastery of the courtroom. Nancee is a delightfully, feisty, slave girl. Jane is the beautiful, meek, slave-wife of the freeman overseer, Anthony Bryant, employed by her master. Nancee, Jane and her children run free -- temporarily -- but they must fight for their freedom in court after entering free Illinois from slave states, Missouri and Kentucky. The American dramas ignite at the flash point of law and morality: the sale of a slave girl, terrified, runaway slaves; impassioned abolitionists; defensive slave owners; armed townspeople in opposing camps; clashing lawyers and a freeman husband caught in the middle of it all. Irony rules history when Lincoln ends up defending the slave owners, especially the brash General Matson.
Can Lincoln maintain his honor and serve justice when he ends up defending slave owners? Surprises abound in this captivating read of the poignant sagas playing out on the Illinois prairie.
Before Lincoln was President he defended slave owners in court. Twice! Here are the fictionalized, true stories of those Illinois trials in 1839 and 1847.
Lincoln is smart, folksy, funny and conflicted as he is evolving into the Great Emancipator. He struggles with himself and immoral laws while exhibiting mastery of the courtroom. Nancee is a delightfully, feisty, slave girl. Jane is the beautiful, meek, slave-wife of the freeman overseer, Anthony Bryant, employed by her master. Nancee, Jane and her children run free -- temporarily -- but they must fight for their freedom in court after entering free Illinois from slave states, Missouri and Kentucky. The American dramas ignite at the flash point of law and morality: the sale of a slave girl, terrified, runaway slaves; impassioned abolitionists; defensive slave owners; armed townspeople in opposing camps; clashing lawyers and a freeman husband caught in the middle of it all. Irony rules history when Lincoln ends up defending the slave owners, especially the brash General Matson.
Can Lincoln maintain his honor and serve justice when he ends up defending slave owners? Surprises abound in this captivating read of the poignant sagas playing out on the Illinois prairie.
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